The life and public services of Abraham Lincoln ... together with his state papers, including his speeches, addresses, messages, letters, and proclamations, and the closing scenes connected with his life and death. By Henry J. Raymond. To which are added anecdotes and personal reminiscences of President Lincoln, by Frank B. Carpenter.

STATE PAPERS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

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routes, without a concurrence of the majority of all the Senators from
States which allow involuntary servitude, and a majority of all the Senators from States which prohibit that relation; nor shall territory be acquired by treaty, unless the votes of a majority of the Senators from each
class of States hereinbefore mentioned be cast as a part of thle two-thirds
majority necessary to the ratification of such treaty.
The vote on this section was as follows:
AYES.-Delaware, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, New Jersey,
Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Virginia-11.
NoES.-Connecticut, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, North Carolina, New Hampshire, Vermont-8.
New York and Kansas were divided.
The adoption of section three of the report, with the amendments, was
next moved. The amended section was as follows:
SECTION 3. Neither the Constitution nor any amendment thereof shall
be construed to give Congress power to regulate, abolish, or control,
within any State, the relation established or recognized by the laws
thereof touching persons held to labor or involuntary service therein, nor
to interfere with or abolish involuntary service in the District of Columbia without the consent of Maryland and without the consent of the
owners, or making the owners who do not consent just compensation;
nor the power to interfere with or prohibit representatives and others
from bringing with them to the District of Columbia, retaining, and
taking away, persons so held to labor or service; nor the power to interfere with or abolish involuntary service in places under the exclusive
jurisdiction of the United States, within those States and Territories
where the same is established or recognized; nor the power to prohibit
the removal or transportation of persons held to labor or involuntary
service in any State or Territory of the United States to any other State or
Territory thereof, where it is established or recognized by law or usage;
and the right during transportation, by sea or river, of touching at ports,
shores, and landings, and of landing in case distress shall exist; but
not the right of transit in or through any State or Territory, or of sale or
traffic, against the law thereof. Nor shall Congress have power to
authorize any higher rate of taxation on persons held to labor or service
than on land.
The vote on the adoption of the section was as follows:AYEs.-Delaware, Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, New Jersey.
North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Virginia-12.
Noics.-Connecticut, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont-7.
So the section was adopted. Kansas and New York were divided.